Apple Cinnamon Muffins

For some reason, it’s perfectly fine if I have the same breakfast of cereal and orange juice every Monday through Friday for years, but I can’t stand to see my husband suffer from breakfast boredom. So, after he had been eating these Savory Breakfast Muffins for weeks, I wanted to change it up and introduce something sweet, simple and full of juicy, plump fruit.

Over the weekend, I mixed up a batch of these scrumptious apple cinnamon muffins, and as they baked the cinnamon aroma filled our apartment and made me SO eager for my first bite!

Fortunately for my waistline, Mark took the rest of the muffins to the office, but after a few “test bites” each, we were in total apple-cinnamon heaven. Big chunks of fresh apple rested inside the muffin, surrounded by warm, fluffy cinnamon-sugar dough and topped with a crumbly butter-sugar mixture.

These muffins were even so good that he didn’t mind the frilly pink cupcake liners!

I love to try delicious, homemade breakfasts for my guy to take the office instead of shake-and-pour oatmeal, and it looks like we found a winner in these muffins! They give him the warm, filling morning meal and apple-cinnamon flavor he loves, and they’re super simple for me to make the weekend before.

If you have any ideas or links you’d like to share for portable, yummy breakfast recipes, feel free to share them with me in the comments, and I just might give ‘em a try!

Thanks Georgia, and my 2nd graders loved them. I saved a couple for our cafeteria cooks, and they also loved them. I had to sit down and show Donna the website. The next day she made a batch for us teachers! A couple weekends later I made them for my daughter and her friends home from college. They were such a big hit that they have requested them for breakfast in the morning! I believe they may become a favorite around here. : )

These look delicious! I love a welcome break from the ordinary, and fun liners like yours! I always send my husband to work with leftover treats…his coworkers are super grateful and so is my waist line :)

I can totally see why you chose the name ‘comfort of cooking’ for your blog. This is what i call a comforting muffin!!

I also totally know what you mean about being able to eat the same boring thing over and over but feeling guiltridden if your hubby gets bored of the same old same old. Sometimes I’m totally happy with a plain bowl of rice for dinner but i still feel the need to make something for my husband.

Tried your recipe for weekend breakfast and they were delicious :)I used 3/4 cups sugar instead of 1 cup, also substituted yoghurt for sour cream.As for spraying the muffin tins, I double lined the tin with cupcake papers and did not spray any oil..

I tried this recipe to take to school for my 2nd graders who have been studying Johnny Appleseed. My husband and I should have never tried them. If we don’t stop soon, I”ll have to make another batch for tomorrow! Delicious!!

I love apple muffins…especially when you can bite into those soft chunks of apples (I always dice my apples a bit larger than called for). I have been trying to get out of a breakfast rut lately, so unfortunately I don’t have any brilliant ideas. I may try these muffins for myself though!

I am a muffin addict! Just made a batch today…three-grain blueberry. Another portable breakfast that I like is apple cheddar quesadilla. You slice the apple thin, and make quesadillas on whole wheat tortillas with a little cheddar cheese. These re-heat well if you want to make a big batch ahead of time!

These were amazing!! So much so that I cannot stop eating them!!Only changes I made were adding a little more cinnamon, a tsp of apple pie spice (nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon), I grated about half of an apple and chopped the rest, and lastly… I only had about 1/2 cup of sour cream so I subbed the other 1/2 with Buttermilk. Turned out light, moist, and just super yummy. Only issue I had was that the tops didn’t rise as much as I would have hoped. They were just kinda flat across the top (I didn’t do the topping either). Didnt affect the taste though. Maybe I mixed the batter too much? Anyway.. Thanks so much for posting this!

Georgia, i made them and THAT is an AMAZINGLY wholesome-tasty muffin! I loved them, my girlfriend loved them, her sister went head over heels for them, you get the drift :D I just wanted to check with you, is it necessary to store in the fridge? (Andrik from http://www.KitchenOfFriends)

Andrik, I’m so glad you all enjoyed these muffins! No, it’s not necessary at all to store them in the fridge. Leave them on the counter for up to five days and they should be fine. Thanks for stopping by to let me know how they turned out for you. Enjoy!

Oh my!! Absolutely delicious! I have made apple muffins before that came out dry or with too strong of a cinnamon taste. These were moist, melt in your mouth, perfectly sweet muffins and I will be making them time and time again. My three little guys are quietly munching on them as I type:)

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